You got to admit - if there are battle lines, the demarcation is somewhat obscure. If as Jim says, the Catholic population is up for change - perhaps someone ought to let the Pope in on the secret. I know many Catholics of mature years that are horrified by any liberalising of anything - from the abandonment of the Latin mass, the thought of clergy getting married, etc. The church's stand on contraception and abortion is the stuff of legend. I would be surprised if they were all up for a change. As for my lot - (perhaps someone could enlighten me with the PC acceptable term for us lot) let's call us NG's (non genuflectors). I think you come back to the problem of political parties. Who would you vote for in the NI colllection of electables. The choice in England isn't brilliant, but I can't think of a party over there that I'd care to join and try to gain political office in.
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